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07.**88,456*NANA*(Volumes 1-5)
17,691 Copies Sold Per VolumeNote: NANA Volume 1 sold over 50,000 copies; for nearly three months after its release date in Japan, the retail price was around 700 or so yen (less than 7 US dollars).

*8.**81,011*Shakugan no Shana*(Volumes 1-8)
10,126 Copies Sold Per Volume

The television animation series which has the highest sales figure for a single volume in Japan during 2006 is Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY.

Summer 2006 DVD sales figures show that Volume 13 of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY sold at least 93,739 copies - by far the most sold of any single volume of any television animation series in Japan during 2006.

According to sales figures, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY Volume 13 by itself appears to have outsold all but five or six other television animation series on DVD in Japan during 2006.

Last edited by Siegel Clyne : 2007-01-02 at 23:59 PDT. Reason: Fate/stay night had 8 volumes, not 7 volumes, released in Japan during the January 2, 2006 to December 4, 2006. Therefore, it sold 24,372 copies per volume, not 27,853 copies per volume.

Note: Howl's Moving Castle sold something like nearly 800,000 copies during its first two weeks of release in Japan back in 2005, which do not count in sales figures in Japan during 2006. According to the Oricon Style website, Howl's Moving Castle sold 708,000 copies alone during its first week of release in Japan.

Great Data. It gives me pretty good idea what Anime titles that Japanese fan are willing to spend their money on. They're not making that much sale, that for sure. If Japanese companies put decent english subtitle into their DVDs at 3000 yen or less, I'll buy whole bunch of them.

Great Data. It gives me pretty good idea what Anime titles that Japanese fan are willing to spend their money on. They're not making that much sale, that for sure. If Japanese companies put decent english subtitle into their DVDs at 3000 yen or less, I'll buy whole bunch of them.

I love the assumption that the Japanese would be able to put better English subtitles on them. At any rate, I would say there is approximately zero chance of this happening because:

1) My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro), from director Miyazaki Hayao and Studio Ghibli (September 28, 2001 release), sold 1,385 copies during the week - for a grand total of 703,816 copies sold.

2) Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), from director Miyazaki Hayao and Studio Ghibli (July 19, 2002 release), sold 1,272 copies during the week - for a grand total of 2,276,909 copies sold.

Spirited Away is, by a substantial margin, the bestselling DVD in Japan ever.

How the hell did dragon ball z get on that list?! Or gundam seed destiny for that matter...gah...

Because they're popular?

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And Japanese (gundam) fans will plop down money for anything gundam...

Care to explain the 1/10th difference between SEED/GSD sales compared to Turn A then? Especially when it's clearly stated that majority of DVD purchasers of the Cosmic Era trilogies are not conventional Gundam fans, but rather fujoshis who fap to Kira and Athrun.

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why are you comparing Turn A to Seed? Turn A was a commercial failure. seed on the other hand...

There seems to be some perception that the Gundam brand sells, which is why the self-percieved image that GSD and SEED sucks still allow them to sell well, which I'm disputing with previous Gundam sales, which shows that SEED stood on it's own damn well. The only difference is that they appeal to a different crowd.

And I like SEED and GSD, contrary to popular opinion. It's just that there are people who just so easily throw the "It sold well because it's GUNDAM" crap simply because they dislike the show. That stand is understandable, but it's like asking a mahou shoujo or SUPER robot hater why the hell is Sailor Moon SO goddamn popular and why illogical shows of Giant Robots with moving lips and loud shouts literally gave birth to anime's Golden Era. Or why the hell one of the most illogical sports anime/manga currently, Prince of Tennis is selling well with tons of character songs, OVAs, etc.

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There seems to be some perception that the Gundam brand sells, which is why the self-percieved image that GSD and SEED sucks still allow them to sell well, which I'm disputing with previous Gundam sales, which shows that SEED stood on it's own damn well. The only difference is that they appeal to a different crowd.

And I like SEED and GSD, contrary to popular opinion. It's just that there are people who just so easily throw the "It sold well because it's GUNDAM" crap simply because they dislike the show. That stand is understandable, but it's like asking a mahou shoujo or SUPER robot hater why the hell is Sailor Moon SO goddamn popular and why illogical shows of Giant Robots with moving lips and loud shouts literally gave birth to anime's Golden Era. Or why the hell one of the most illogical sports anime/manga currently, Prince of Tennis is selling well with tons of character songs, OVAs, etc.

You also have to consider, that DVD sales are NOT a good measurement of how popular series is, when it comes to franchise level of Gundam, Dragon Ball, One Piece, PuriCure, Sailor Moon, DigiMon... you get the idea.

These large marketing franchise gets most of its income from sales OTHER than DVDs, so when you want to talk about Gundam and its popularity, thread about DVD sales really isn't a very good one.

Claymore is not the kind of show that traditionally sells well in Japan. 5700 in sales for the first volume is quite respectable; I'd expect this figure to do down for future volumes, but it should still make a healthy profit.

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You also have to consider, that DVD sales are NOT a good measurement of how popular series is, when it comes to franchise level of Gundam, Dragon Ball, One Piece, PuriCure, Sailor Moon, DigiMon... you get the idea.

These large marketing franchise gets most of its income from sales OTHER than DVDs, so when you want to talk about Gundam and its popularity, thread about DVD sales really isn't a very good one.

Strictly speaking, that isn't true at all; both the sales of a show's DVDs and it's ratings are direct reflections of how popular a show is. The difference is that they tell us different kinds of data: sales inidicates how many people felt the show was willing to purchase at (originally) around 5000 Yen per disc. With 1.2 million in sales, that makes Seed Destiny one of the best selling Gundam show all-time. Incidentally, this would have netted Bandai around 60,000,000,000 Yen in sales, which is a very hefty portion of the total Gundam revenue for those years.

While peripheral sales also gauge popularity, it does so much more indirectly. It's also indicative of the quality of the merchandise, the appeal of said merchandise to the fanbase, and how good the show is as a 30-minute commercial. This ties into the recent Gundam shows because the traditional merchandise (mostly toys) didn't appeal to the fanbase - instead, they tended to go for music and drama CDs and the like.

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Strictly speaking, that isn't true at all; both the sales of a show's DVDs and it's ratings are direct reflections of how popular a show is. The difference is that they tell us different kinds of data: sales inidicates how many people felt the show was willing to purchase at (originally) around 5000 Yen per disc. With 1.2 million in sales, that makes Seed Destiny one of the best selling Gundam show all-time. Incidentally, this would have netted Bandai around 60,000,000,000 Yen in sales, which is a very hefty portion of the total Gundam revenue for those years.

While peripheral sales also gauge popularity, it does so much more indirectly. It's also indicative of the quality of the merchandise, the appeal of said merchandise to the fanbase, and how good the show is as a 30-minute commercial. This ties into the recent Gundam shows because the traditional merchandise (mostly toys) didn't appeal to the fanbase - instead, they tended to go for music and drama CDs and the like.

I totally disagree.
What DVD sales gives us, is an idea of how popular the anime is within a certain viewer base.
By that, I mean, DVD-buying adults.

All those franchise I mentioned are largely children's market, and they are NOT a DVD-buying consumer base.
A DVD of Pretty Cure may not sell as much as say, Suzumiya Haruhi.
But that only gives you an idea that Haruhi may be more popular among the older, DVD-buying otaku fanbase.
In other words, you don't see Haruhi sausage or Haruhi bubble gum or Haruhi toys being sold everywhere, like Pretty Cure.

These shows main target audiences don't buy DVDs.
DVDs are very expensive in Japan, and kids do not buy them. Period.
We're not like America, where DVDs are 20 bucks a pop.

What you're seeing, my friend, is a very foreign view of anime.
You're basing the market off what's popular from what you can see.

However, Gundam, Dragon Ball, Pretty Cure, Digimon, etc....
These are much larger franchise that does NOT rely on anime fans consumers.
You may not see much of that if you live outside of Japan, but that is the fact.

Again, I stress this.
DVD sales only gives you an indication of how popular that anime is "within adult anime fan base".
These rules do not, I repeat, DO NOT apply to these aforementioned titles.